English
Related papers

Related papers: Multiple Target Tracking with RF Sensor Networks

200 papers

Sensing using cellular infrastructure may be one of the defining feature of sixth generation (6G) wireless systems. Wideband 6G communication channels operating at higher frequency bands (upper mmWave bands) are better modeled using…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-12 Vijaya Yajnanarayana , Henk Wymeersch

Fingerprint-based passive localization enables high localization accuracy using low-cost UWB IoT radio sensors. However, fingerprinting demands extensive effort for data acquisition. The concept of channel charting reduces this effort by…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-16 Raffael Poeggel , Maximilian Stahlke , Jonas Pirkl , Jonathan Ott , George Yammine , Tobias Feigl , Christopher Mutschler

This paper proposes a novel geometric solution for tracking a moving target through multistatic sensing. In contrast to existing two-step weighted least square (2SWLS) methods which use the bistatic range (BR) and bistatic range rate (BRR)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-10 S. Zhuge , Y. Ma , Z. Lin , Y. Zeng

In this paper, the problem of target localization in the presence of outlying sensors is tackled. This problem is important in practice because in many real-world applications the sensors might report irrelevant data unintentionally or…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-15 Alireza Zaeemzadeh , Mohsen Joneidi , Behzad Shahrasbi , Nazanin Rahnavard

This paper presents a novel real-time tracking system capable of improving body pose estimation algorithms in distributed camera networks. The first stage of our approach introduces a linear Kalman filter operating at the body joints level,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-07-30 Alessandro Malaguti , Marco Carraro , Mattia Guidolin , Luca Tagliapietra , Emanuele Menegatti , Stefano Ghidoni

The classic trilateration technique can localize each target based on its distances to three anchors with known coordinates. Usually, this technique requires all the anchors and targets, e.g., the satellites and the mobile phones in Global…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-30 Qipeng Wang , Liang Liu , Shuowen Zhang , Francis C. M. Lau

Ray tracing (RT) simulations require accurate transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX) location information from real-world measurements to accurately characterize wireless propagation behavior in an environment. Such wireless propagation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-16 Mingjun Ying , Peijie Ma , Dipankar Shakya , Theodore S. Rappaport

During this decade, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) brought an increasing interest in the industrial and research world. One of their applications is the indoor localization. The ranging, i.e. the distance evaluation mechanism between…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-03-23 Nezo Ibrahim Fofana , Adrien van den Bossche , Rejane Dalce , Thierry Val

The problem of target tracking with multiple robots consists of actively planning the motion of the robots to track the targets. A major challenge for practical deployments is to make the robots resilient to failures. In particular, robots…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-09-12 Lifeng Zhou , Vasileios Tzoumas , George J. Pappas , Pratap Tokekar

Industrial wireless sensor networks are becoming crucial for modern manufacturing. If the sensors in those networks are mobile, the position information, besides the sensor data itself, can be of high relevance. E.g. this position…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-03 Julian Karoliny , Thomas Blazek , Fjolla Ademaj , Hans-Peter Bernhard , Andreas Springer

The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile internet applications has spurred interest in location-based services (LBS) for commercial, military, and social applications. While the global positioning system (GPS) dominates outdoor…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-20 M. W. P. Maduranga

Thermal infrared target tracking is crucial in applications such as surveillance, autonomous driving, and military operations. In this paper, we propose a novel tracker, SMTT, which effectively addresses common challenges in thermal…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Shang Zhang , HuiPan Guan , XiaoBo Ding , Ruoyan Xiong , Yue Zhang

This paper presents a novel indoor positioning approach that leverages antenna radiation pattern characteristics through Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) measurements in a single-antenna system. By rotating the antenna or…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-04 Zhisheng Rong , Wenzhi Liu , Xiayue Liu , Zhixiang Xu , Yufei Jiang , Xu Zhu

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) has been extensively researched in past years particularly with regard to range-based or visual-based sensors. Instead of deploying dedicated devices that use visual features, it is more…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-01-10 Ran Liu , Sumudu Hasala Marakkalage , Madhushanka Padmal , Thiruketheeswaran Shaganan , Chau Yuen , Yong Liang Guan , U-Xuan Tan

The paper addresses the problem of multi-sensor control for multi-target tracking via labelled random finite sets (RFS) in the sensor network systems. Based on an information theoretic divergence measure, namely Cauchy-Schwarz (CS)…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-03-29 Meng Jiang , Wei Yi , Lingjiang Kong

Machine learning techniques are often used in computer vision due to their ability to leverage large amounts of training data to improve performance. Unfortunately, most generic object trackers are still trained from scratch online and do…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-08-17 David Held , Sebastian Thrun , Silvio Savarese

Site-specific radio frequency (RF) propagation prediction increasingly relies on models built from visual data such as cameras and LIDAR sensors. When operating in dynamic settings, the environment may only be partially observed. This paper…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-05 Mingsheng Yin , Yaqi Hu , Tommy Azzino , Seongjoon Kang , Marco Mezzavilla , Sundeep Rangan

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) is a key capacity-boosting technology in 5G wireless systems. To reduce the number of radio frequency (RF) chains needed in such systems, a novel approach has recently been introduced involving…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-14 Sina Beyraghi , Giovanni Interdonato , Giovanni Geraci , Stefano Buzzi , Angel Lozano

Ray-tracing (RT) simulators are essential for wireless digital twins, enabling accurate site-specific radio channel prediction for next-generation wireless systems. Yet, RT simulation accuracy is often limited by insufficient measurement…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-02 Mingjun Ying , Dipankar Shakya , Peijie Ma , Guanyue Qian , Theodore S. Rappaport

We present an IoT-based intelligent bed sensor system that collects and analyses respiration-associated signals for unobtrusive monitoring in the home, hospitals and care units. A contactless device is used, which contains four load sensors…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-26 Qingju Liu , Mark Kenny , Ramin Nilforooshan , Payam Barnaghi